Anaztazioch
Hit in the head too much
I wouldnt call that "making money" lol. And yes it was Merceneries maintanance cost.
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As for Mid East, well its mostly Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Arabia, Katar and few other oil rich countries. Rest like Iran and more to the east are not much said about. Mostly what I heared of them was that Osama ben Laden hides there, Iran has chemical and bio weapons, loves war (i belive that TV news told us[me] that it was Iran that decleared war on Iraq, still odnt know the truth, never checked it), are in war with Russia, have very strong Islamic law (clan or caste wars, women lower than cattle, cant even eat them...) and such.
My knowlage is restricted, to what i was told, and what i read in internet. Thats why i put this super rich sultans. Never had time, or rather ambition, and are not as much interested in that region.
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As for Mid East, well its mostly Turkey, Israel, Iraq, Arabia, Katar and few other oil rich countries. Rest like Iran and more to the east are not much said about. Mostly what I heared of them was that Osama ben Laden hides there, Iran has chemical and bio weapons, loves war (i belive that TV news told us[me] that it was Iran that decleared war on Iraq, still odnt know the truth, never checked it), are in war with Russia, have very strong Islamic law (clan or caste wars, women lower than cattle, cant even eat them...) and such.
My knowlage is restricted, to what i was told, and what i read in internet. Thats why i put this super rich sultans. Never had time, or rather ambition, and are not as much interested in that region.
I assume rather that you are a very young person who actually couldn't have read so much as you pretend to have, otherwise you would have known that the stuff you are counting here are pure none sense and only a very uneducated person would believe things that Osama was hiding in Iran. (Iran hated Taliban and supported the North Alliance 6 years long fighting Taliban and holding the northern border of Afghanistan. How could possibly Osama hide in Iran? lol) Or that Iran invaded Iraq? lol Where did you read that? It was Saddam who invaded Iran after the Revolution of 1979, since he was afraid of a spread of Shia revolution in his country and he thought he could cut Khuzestaan province (ethnic arabs) from iran and gain more land to Persian Gulf.
at about 2 am for me